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Week of March 28, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to springtime at Whistler Mountain; dinner event; horses; drinking
02-016-24 [T]; 02-016-29 [B] on pg. 1. Caption: The Spring has Sprung at Whistler--people enjoying the warm, sunny weather both on top of the mountain and at the bottom.
02-016-28 on pg. 5. Caption: The Mt. Currie (T'zsil) ski class takes a music break at the base of Whistler.
02-016-27 on pg.5. Caption: TWO LOGS -- Geoff Power models the official Whistler logo on a T-shirt and the unofficial Whistler logo on the visor.
02-016-23 on pg. 6 [Top L]: Pictorial Review of The 'Freakers Ball' March 21,
02-016-09 on pg.6-7: 1979
02-016-12 on pg.7, [Top R]: 'Freakers Ball'
02-016-02 on pg. 7 Bottom: 'Freakers Ball'
02-016-14 on pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Four smiling faces at the Freakers Ball -- Bob Daniels, Jan Simpson, Doug Schull and Frans Carpay -- enjoying the action at this event that was held on March 21.

Week of January 10, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to outdoor ice hockey; car accident; small aircraft; raccoons; roads
02-26-01 on pg. 1. Caption: And a Happy New Year to you! Bags of holiday goodies stacked in, around and on top of the Function Junction bins after the Christmas/New Year's holiday.
02-26-18 on pg. 6. Caption: (Above) Rocky the Raccoon pays his nightly visit through the hole in the rock at the Whistler Vale bar.
02-26-22 on pg. 6. Caption: (Left) Bartender Rosarie Gauthier and manager Per Christiansen behind the bar in the Christiana's remodelled Bavarian Lounge.
02-26-30 on pg. 7. Caption: STOL Airplane takes off from the Mons' airstrip on Sunday.
02-26-28 on pg. 8. Caption: One for the road! -- Highways' gravel truck being rescued out of the ditch by the Wayside Park on Sunday, January 7.
02-26-11 on pg. [16]. Caption: Sign of the times! -- Burst pipes due to the freezing cold weather. This has been happening all over Whistler this winter. This particular instance is at Whistler Vale.

Week of November 19, 1978

Photos including but not limited to car accident; canoeing at Alta Lake; South Face of Whistler Mountain
02-029-15. Pg. 1. Caption: The Gardiner vehicle as it ended up in Green Lake.
02-029-06. Pg. 3. Caption: Logging truck goes off at Mons.
02-029-03. Pg. 3. Caption: Logging truck goes off at Mons.
02-029-04. Pg. 6. Caption: Highways' truck gets stuck by the yard on Thursday.
02-029-10. Pg. 6.Caption: Lone Highways' worker pushes snow off of the overpass after snowstorm.
02-029-19. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: The snow's up on Whistler -- up at around 6,000 ft.

Week of November 1, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Community Club social dinner; drinking; musicians; acting; car accidents; houses; Vancouver Ski Show
02-033-16. pg. 1. Caption: Suzanne Wilson and Nello & Jenny Busdon enjoy dinner while the chow line in the background looks on. The scene was the Community Club's social at the school on Saturday.
02-033-23. Pg. 4. Caption: One more vehicle unloads its contents onto the large pile of building material debris collecting under the power line at Function Junction.
02-033-30. Pg. 8. Caption: The western pine log home nearing completion in Alpine Meadows - construction by Canadiana Homes Corp.
02-033-27. Appears in Nov. 15, 1978 issue. Caption reads: Package #7 - The new Post Office site is identified at the Town Centre with the school in the background.
02-033-09. Appears in Nov. 8, 1978 issue. Caption reads: Gordon "Bush" Turner calculates while Candy Rustad parades at the Community Club skit on October 28.

Week of October 4, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Garibaldi Building Supplies; road construction; dancing
02-035-011. Pg.1. Caption: New addition to the Whistler Town Hall which will house offices for the Mayor as well as a Town Centre showroom.
02-035-07. Pg. 8. Caption: The most photographed bridge on #99! The bridge over 19 Mile Creek as it was in a nearly finished state last Saturday.
02-035-06. Pg. 10. Caption: Treasurer Julie Heine, President Diane Eby and Secretary Harry Hunter at the Alta Lake District Ratepayers Association meeting.

Week of July 5, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Canoeing Alta Lake; Tennis; outdoor buffet; Construction; driving; rivers; covered bridge
02-045-14. pg. 6. Caption: Beating out a rhythm on the drum, a participant from one of the parade floats gives a hoot in Pemberton.
02-045-7. pg. 6-7. Caption: Spectators crowd the street as the Pemberton parade crawls to Signal Hill school.
02-045-15. pg. 7. Caption: Sherri Bilenduke smiles during Pemberton parade on July 1st.
02-045-20-21. Pg.8. Caption: The outside and some of the debris from the inside of the Mount Whistler Lodge. Situated near Alta Vista, the lodge commands a beautiful location on Alta Lake.
02-045-27. Pg. 9. Caption: The B.C. Rail bridge over the Fitzsimmons Creek showing how the gravel buildup has drastically reduced the space between the water & the bridge.
02-045-19. Pg. 10. Caption: Workers sweat under the sun at the scene of the new Hydro substation expansion project. Some locals are involved. See story at right.
02-045-30. Pg. 11. Caption: Future Olympic champions and Freestyle money winners ham it up at the bottom of the lifts on Monday. Toni Sailer Ski camps are in full swing again this year.

Week of December 11, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to skiing; Chamber Dinner Dance; Pat Carleton; Kay Carleton; Leo Verstraete; speeches; roads
Appears in December 12, 1979 issue:
02-067-60. Pg. 1. Caption: Whistler Gondola Parking Lot almost deserted due to the heavy rains on Sunday, December 9.
02-067-33. Pg. 3. Caption: Dave Cathers proudly holds the "Citizen of the Year" plaque awarded to him during the December 7th Chamber Dinner/Dance.
02-067-30, 17, 25. Pg. 4. Caption: Chamber Dinner/Dance scenes: (above) President Drew Meredith makes presentations to Information Centere staff (l-r) Evelyn Cullen, Linda Satre and Laura McGuffin; (Centre) Land Company representatives (l-r) Terry Minger, Cesare Gianna, Neil Griggs and Judy Minger.
[Bottom] Herb Capozzi addresses the Chamber Dinner/Dance.
02-067-62, 65. Pg. 5. Caption: Flooding in Alta Vista -- Ann and Dave Ricardo stand in front of their home (left), while Bill Wallace attempts to clear a culvert on Archibald Way (Below).
02-067-20. Pg. 6. Caption: Diane Alder and Franz Wilhelmsen at the Chamber of Commerce Dinner/Dance.
02-067-22. Pg. 6. Caption: A smiling couple! Catby & Bob Ainsworth at the dance.
02-067-37. Pg. 14. Caption: 25 visiting Rotary students who came to Whistler for the weekend.
02-067-51. Pg. 14. Caption: Rotary hosts entertain visiting students at the pot-luck dinner at Myrtle Philip School.
02-067-54. Pg. 15. Caption: Saturday night driver gets well-parked on the blue side.
02-067-29. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Mayor Carleton reads oath of office to incoming Chamber officers (l-r) Vice-President Michael D'Artois, President Drew Meredith, secretary Jenny Busdon.

Week of November 21, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to mountaineering; seaplane landing on the lake; town planning; construction; aerial views from plane; cars; license plates;
02-071-62. Pg. 1. Caption: No door on the helicopter allows a crystal-clear view of the Town Center (left center), Public Service Building (lower right) and Myrtle Philip School (right center).
02-071-31, 27. Pg. 4. Caption: Two views of the steel girders of Package 6, with masonry wall of Package 4 behind; upper photo shows detail of two roof lines.
02-071-86. Pg. 5. Caption: Work continues well into the night on the underground conduits connecting the Town Center to power lines on Highway 99.
02-071-39. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Mayor Pat Carleton and Frans Carpay of Whistler Village Land Co. lead one of many media groups on walking tour of Whistler Village Town Center on Wednesday Nov. 14.
02-071-19. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Public Service Building nears completion with new parking area in foreground.
02-071-26. Pg. 7. Caption: Large pile of construction garbage at Mons dump indicates total disregard for sign by garbage dumpers.
02-071-28. Pg. 9. Caption: Soil testing continues at new hotel site in Whistler Village Town Center.
02-071-7, 10. Pg. 10. Caption: Border Lake has spring ice blasted away (above), while 60,000 metric tonnes of ice (right) is dislodged to prevent future disaster to work crews.
02-071-5. Pg. 11. Caption: [left] View of exposed rock face of molybdenum ore body near Taku Lake; drill site was located on left above slide area.
02-071-94. Pg. 11. Caption: [right] Ihor Zalubniak (with sprayer) and Mark Lennox of Phase Two Painting stain the high woodwork 30 feet over Whistler Creek Lodge parking area.
02-071-23. Pg. 14. Caption: [Top] The presentation of the Pemberton Community Plan, left to right: Zoltan Kuun, Clerk Tom Wood, Mayor Shirley Henry, Planner John Connelly.
02-071-24. Pg. 14. Caption: [bottom] The audience listens to the presentation of the plan in the Signal Hill School library.
02-071-49. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Aerial view of Roundhouse at 6000 foot level on Whistler Mountain, showing sparse snow cover and the new washroom/service building (upper right).

Week of November 14, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to Whistler Mountain views; construction; car accidents
02-072-34. Pg. 1. [Top] Caption: Three views of the Ski Swap ... The crowds of cars outside ...
02-072-29. Pg. 1. [Middle] Caption: ... the crowds of people looking for bargains inside ...
02-072-32. Pg. 1. [Bottom] Caption: ... and the R.C.M.P. engraving skis as part of their "Ski Watch" program.
02-072-13. Pg. 5. Caption: A section of the new blunt-ended curbing near the White Gold Inn.
02-072-6. Pg. 7. Caption: The new town access road that runs past the school property. The new road is about 1.5 metres above the level of the school grounds.
02-072-21. Pg. 8 [top]. Caption: View of the Rotary Auction as seen from the front of the room. Nandor Pal has just made a bid!
02-072-27. Pg. 8 [bottom]. Caption: Garibaldi Building Supplies' Franke Desroches proudly displays the winning ticket.
02-072-8. Pg. 10. Caption: The first lift of paving goes down at the Whistler Town Centre on Friday, November 9.
02-072-35. Pg. 12. Caption: Campbell McGougan and Bob Bates stand beside Alpine Security's Bronco patrol vehicle.
02-072-14. Pg. 13. Caption: [top] Mike Pocuca's vehicle that didn't make it to Whistler last Friday morning ...
02-072-15. Pg. 13. Caption: [bottom] and the Jeep Wagoneer that failed to negotiate the MacPac turn the week before.
02-072-11. Pg. 15. Caption: [bottom] Another view of the new Town Centre buildings showing Package 2 at the entrance to the mall.
02-072-9. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: The copper pillars of the pub in Package 6 reflect the afternoon sun at Whistler Village.

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